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Originally Posted by flapjack
 No. There's just nothing about the idea of being in a tub full of soft, movable liquidy goop in labour that appeals to me. I like baths in early labour, and trying to get sprurious labour to stop, but for the important things in life, like pushing babies out, I want to feel good solid earth beneath my feet. I have nice short sensible labours, though, so I'm really not one of the people that Odent suggested water for. (He originally suggested that it was an intervention best suited for women who whose dilation slowed once in active labour.)
Saying that, my eldest was a water baby- born in the caul, fell down the toilet  |
I did stand just as he was coming out, but it wasn't because I wanted out of the water, it was a need for a position change. Somehow my body knew that if it stood, he'd come out.
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